The questions
1 The most distant known object in the solar system has what apt name?
2 Which Scottish group were named after Madonna’s birthplace?
3 What is the most widely spoken language in the southern hemisphere?
4 Which animals have protuberances on their heads called ossicones?
5 What device is the Gatso, introduced to the UK in 1991?
6 Cameroon-born boxer Cindy Ngamba is the first ever medallist for which Olympic team?
7 In the US, what is kept in a 401(k)?
8 What Covent Garden club was a hub of the New Romantic movement?
What links:
9 Machine learning; protein structure; microRNA; opposition to nuclear weapons?
10 Dandy horse; draisine; hobby-horse; ordinary; pedestrian curricle?
11 Blackpool; Manchester United (4); Liverpool; Manchester City?
12 Ido Drent; John Hurt; Malcolm McDowell; Jay Robinson?
13 Bubble; carnation; lettuce leaf; grooved brain; organ pipe; staghorn?
14 Ingvar Kamprad; Elmtaryd; Agunnaryd?
15 Nicolas Pelletier (Hôtel de Ville, Paris, 25 April 1792?) and Hamida Djandoubi (Baumettes prison, Marseille, 10 September 1977)?
The answers
1 Farfarout.
2 Bay City Rollers (after Bay City, Michigan).
3 Portuguese.
4 Giraffes (and okapis).
5 Speed camera.
6 Refugee Olympic team.
7 Retirement savings.
8 Blitz.
9 Nobel prizes in 2024, areas of citation: Physics; Chemistry; Medicine; Peace.
10 Names for early types of bicycle.
11 English clubs of men’s Ballon D’Or winners: Stanley Matthews; Denis Law, Bobby Charlton, George Best and Cristiano Ronaldo; Michael Owen; Rodri.
12 Played Caligula on screen: Roman Empire; I, Claudius; 1979 film; The Robe.
13 Types of coral.
14 Name origin of Ikea: founder; family farm; village.
15 First and last people guillotined in France.
